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Our love is not to be just words or mere talk,
but something real and active.
1 John 3:18
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“If you want peace, work for justice”
Pope Paul VI
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Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
Matthew 5:9
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“ Peace requires justice but is also made possible
by love.”
(CCC n 2304)
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“Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us.
To build for humanity a world without fear, we must be without fear.
To build a world of justice, we must be just.”
Dag Hammarskjold, UN Secretary General, 1953-61
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“Peace is not merely the absence of war…Instead, it is rightly and appropriately
called an enterprise of justice.”
Gaudium et Spes 1965, 78
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“There is no peace without fairness, truth, justice and
solidarity.”
John Paul II
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“Our heart cannot be at peace while we see our
brothers and sisters suffering...”Pope Benedict XVI
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Let us promise to make peace not just a priority,
but a passion.
Let us pledge to do more, wherever we are in
whatever way we can, to make every day a day of
peace.”
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
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“Peace is not the product of terror or fear
Peace is not the silence of cemeteries
Peace is not the silence of violent repression.
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Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all
to the good of all.
Peace is Dynamism. Peace is generosity.
It is right and duty.”
Oscar Romero
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“Lord make me an instrument of your Peace.
Where there is hatred let me sow love
Where there is injury; pardon
Where there is doubt; faith
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Where there is despair; hope
Where there is darkness; light
Where there is sadness; joy.
Prayer of St Francis
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Christians are called to be people who
“act justly, love mercy
and walk humbly with our God.”
(Micah 6:8)
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“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity, it is an act of justice.”
Nelson Mandela
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“To reach peace, teach peace.”
Pope John Paul IIWorld Day of Peace Message, 1979
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“Peace for all is the fruit of justice for all.”
Pope Benedict XVI World Day of Peace Message, 2012, 5
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“Stability and peace in our land will not come from the
barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an
impossibility.”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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Sean SpragueCAFODMaya HavilandRichard WainwrightCaritas AustraliaDavid Snyder/CRSMathias Heng
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